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' 37 ATE HI:'. 7JRICAL SOCIETY 1933
UI7T A LOWRY lit. SERV
COLUMBIA, MO. 65201
72nd Year No. 32 Good Morning! It' Saturday. October 20. 1979 16 Pages 15 Cents
Panel wants halt in building of reactors
New York Times
WASHINGTON A presidential commission
has voted to recommend a halt in constructidh
of nuclear reactors until its recommendations
for improving nuclear safety have been
adopted.
Such a moratorium would not halt construc-tion
of the reactor at Union Electric Co.' s Calla-way
County site in mid- Missou- ri, since a con-struction
permit already has been issued for
that project
The vote by the President's Commission on
the Accident at Three Mile Island, taken during
a closed meeting earlier this week, is subject to
revision during the panel's final working ses- -
sion this weekend, commission officials told
The New York Times.
The commission has not yet voted on the far
more difficult question of whether there also
should be a moratorium on the granting of li-censes
to operate new reactors. At the present
time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
before it applications to build 14 new reactors in
comparison to pending requests to start 41 oth-ers
that are in various stages of construction.
The commission's authority is only advisory.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an inde-pendent
agency, could, in theory, invoke a mor-atorium,
but it is unlikely to do so on its own. In
reality, a moratorium would require a law.
But if the commission's decision on new con--
struction is not reversed, it could have a major
impact on the future energy plans of the United
States. It could encourage Congress to approve
pending legislation requiring a moratorium and
further discourage financiers from investing in
nuclear power plants.
The decision also would present a problem to
President Carter, who appointed the commis-sion
last spring to investigate what is regarded
as the most serious accident in the history of
the civilian use of nuclear power. Carter re-peatedly
has contended that nuclear power
must play a continuing role in meeting the en-ergy
needs of the United States.
According to several accounts, six of the
commission's 12 members voted for the con
struction moratorium, three voted against, two
abstained and one was absent. Significantly
perhaps, John G. Kemeny, the commission
chairman and president of Dartmouth College,
was said to have voted with the majority.
The officials, who asked that they not be iden-tified,
said that no specific time limit was at-tached
to the construction moratorium. In-stead,
it was agreed that construction permits
should not be granted until the president, Con-gress
and the industry had sufficient time to
implement a number of changes the commis-sion
has decided are necessary to assure ad-equate
safety.
One key organization change, which some of-ficials
said had been formally adopted and oth
ers said was tentatively approved during a se-ries
of straw votes, was the abolition of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its trans-formation
into an executive branch agency sim-ilar
to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Another potentially far- reachi- ng recommen-dation
that some officials indicated had been
approved by the commission would require the
periodic renewal of operating licenses for reac-tors.
This proposal, if adopted by Congress,
would serve further to discourage investments
in nuclear power because of the risk of lending
money to a project regularly subject to shut- -
See NUCLEAR, Page 16)
Missouri to produce
record crop harvest
By Carol Brost
Missourian staff writer
Missouri will achieve record com
and soybean yields this year although
many mid- Missouria- ns consider this to
have been a " dry" year with a sub-stantial
rainfall deficit.
Weather officials say central Missou-ri
has had nearly 25 percent less rain to
date during 1979 than is normal for the
area. The Columbia airport reports
rainfall is 25.62 inches ( 64.05 centi- menter- s)
to date this year, more than
seven inches ( 17.5 centimeters) below
normal.
Most of the dry periods occurred dur-ing
times when rainfall wasn't crucial
to crop development. During critical
times in the 1979 growing season, such
as after planting, during pollination
and when grain kernels are filled, most
Missouri fanners were fortunate
enough to get adequate rainfall.
The VS. Department of Agricu-lture's
Oct. 15 crop forecast predicted a
corn crop in Missouri of 223 million
bushels, 16 percent above last year's
record crop. Average yields were fore-cast
at 99 bushels per acre, up 12 bush-els
from last year.
Corn' production in the VS. is fore-cast
at a record 7.39 billion bushels, 4
percent more than the previous record
set last year. Yield is estimated at
108.4 bushels, 5.2 percent above last
year.
Soybean- - production in the state is
forecast at 184 million bushels, up 17
percent from last year. The state yield
is expected to average 31 bushels to the
acre, 2.5 bushels above last year.
VS. soybean production is forecast
at a record 2.21 billion bushels, 18 per-cent
above last year's record. Yield is
forecast at 31.5 bushels per acre, up 2
bushels from the 1978 yield.
Most of the rainfall deficit this year
occurred during two dry spells, said
David Horner, meteorologist in charge
( See DRY, Page 16)
BartiRics
Mike Poe leaves a trail of dwst behind him as he plants winter wheat on the Hugh Tincher farm north of Columbia
It definitely
pays to shop
for gasoline
By Rhonda Stearley,
Saadi Miller and Mark Davis
Misscurian staff writers
This summer's fuel shortage has
eased a bit for motorists, but Colum-bia's
gasoline prices have risen sub-stantially
since the month of June.
All of the city's gasoline stations
have continued to raise their prices
since June. However, there are differ-ences
in exactly how much the prices
have gone up, and the alert shopper
will find that comparison shopping can
save significant amounts ofmoney.
Since a June Columbia Missourian
survey of 50 local stations, the average
increase for self- servic- e regular has
been 11.4 cents and 1314 cents for full- servi- ce
regular.
For unleaded self- servic- e, prices
have increased an average of 11.7
cents and, for unleaded full- servic- e,
prices have increased an average of
13.2 cents.
According to the survey, fuel prices
for regular self- serv- e gasoline ranged
from 79.9 to 89.9 cents. Prices for regu-lar
full- servic- e gasoline ranged from
82.9 to 91.9 cents.
The cost of self- servic- e unleaded
ranged from 84.5 to 93.9 cents, and full- servi- ce
unleaded fuel prices ranged
from 85.9 to 95.9 cents.
In a follow- u- p survey of 29 of those
sanht stations this week, some prices
in all categories topped the dollar
mark. But, with some shopping, a mo-torist
can still get what'he wants for
less than a dollar a gallon.
In this week's survey, the highest
price for regular self- serv- e was $ 1.01 at
Interstate Conoco. The lowest price for
regular self- ser- ve was 91.9 cents at Co-lumbia
Zehpfayr, Derby Retail No.
8514, Self- Servic- e ( U- Pum- p), Serve
and Save Gasoline and Workingman's
Friend Oil Co.
Regular full- servic- e prices ranged
from 933 cents at Interstate Sinclair
No. 24S003, and Woriangman's Friend
to $ 1.02 at Eastgate 66.
Unleaded self- servi- ce prices ranged
from S3.9 cents at U- Pu- mp and Serve
sad Save Gasoline to 51.05 at Interstate
Conoco.
UnJssded full- servi- ce raided titan
3.9 casts at Interstate Sinclair and
Wcfkujgmaa's Friend to $ 1.09 at Bill
George SSService.
Although Derby has increased its
prices the least sface June two cents
for regular g" 3 three cents for un-leaded
its Jons prices were among
the highest. Its prices new are smsng
the lowest.
, Harold Lake Standard bad the higa-- 1
est increase since June for regular
I aslf- ficrvi- cc at 16 cents.
" Columbia Gasoline Prices
Here is a listing of gasoline prices at 29 Columbia- are- a serv-ice
stations. Prices are listed for regular, unleaded and premi-um
grades and by self- servic- e and full service. Blanks indicate
that a station does not offer a particular service.
Regular Unleaded Premium
STATION AND ADDRESS Self Full Self Full Self Full
Carl's 66 Station 94 101 99 107
31001- 7- 0 Drive S. E.
Champlin Service 94.9 98.9
Biscayne Mall
Clark Super 100 95 99
221 N. Tenth St.
Coleman's MFA Service 98.9 103 103
1206 Rogers St.
Columbia APCO Service 93.9 97.9 98.9 101.9
100 N. Providence Rd.
Columbia Zephyr Service 91.9 97.9
Paris Rd. and Vandiver Dr.
Craig's DX and Suncrest 98 104 104
Bike, 904l- 70Dr. S.- W.
Delta Service Station 96.9 99.9
2120 Paris Rd.
Derby Retail 9514 91.9 96.9
1300 Business Loop 70 E.
Eastgate 66 Service 102 107 109
1904 E. Broadway
Forum DX Station 99 103.4
1300 West Blvd. S.
Forum Shell Service 96 99 99.9 101 105 107
Forum Shopping Center
Bill George 66 Service 92.7 95.9 97.2 109
1205 N. Providence Rd.
Hathman's Mobil Service 95.9 99.9 104
2020W. WorleySt.
Interstate Conoco 101 101 105 106
U. S. Highway 63 South
I-- 70 Shell Service 96.9 99.9 99.9 103 106 108 I
1004 Stadium Blvd.
Interstate Sinclair 93.9 98.9
11061- 7- 0 Drive S. W.
Harold Lake Standard 98.9 99.9 102.2 104.2106.2 108.2
I 501 E. Broadway -
Lakeshore Sinclair 94.9 99.9
2100 W. Rollins Rd.
Lett's Standard Service 92.9 99.9 99.9 105.2105 109.2
1704 N. Providence Rd.
MFA Oil Service Station 93.9 95.9 98.9 100 100 100
317 E. Broadway
Ray's Standard Service S5.9 99.9 99.9 103.2105.2 109.2
923 Business Loop 70 E.
Roger's Texaco 94.9 98.9 101
Biscayne Mall
Self- Servi- ce Co. ( U- Pum- p) 91.9-- 95.9 38.9
1300 Wilkes Blvd.
Serve and Save Gasoline 91.9 95.9 36.9
9 1813 ftflonro St.
Tandy Shell 95.8 101 106
Tandy Ave. and Paris Rd.
Tiger Texaco 98.9 99.9 103.8 104.6 105.6 108.6
809 Business Loop 70 W. .
Workingman's Friend 91.9 93.9 9S. 9 93.9 104
1416 Range Line Ave.
X- CelOil-
Co. 94 99 102
2114 Paris Rd.
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t
Recession still possible
despite economic gains
WASHINGTON ( AP) A recession
feared to have begun in mid- summ- er
may not have occurred after all as gov-ernment
figures Friday showed a re-bound
in economic growth to a 2.4 per-cent
annual rate.
While the figures show the economy
does not yet fit the generally accepted
definition of a recession. Treasury Sec-retary
G. William Miller indicated he
expects a recession still may occur.
Consumer buying received a large
share of the credit for the economic
boost, although purchases came at the
expense of savings, which fell to a 28- ye- ar
low of 4.1 percent of income, the
lowest since 1951 when the savings rate
fell to 3.7 percent.
The rate of inflation as measured by
the gross national product stayed
about the same in the third quarter as
prices advanced at an annual rate of
9.6 percent, the Commerce Depart-ment
said.
The 2.4 percent rate of economic
growth as measured by the GNP
offset a second quarter rate of decline
of 2.3 percent. It crossed up many gov-ernment
and private forecasters who
had flatly declared the economy was in
a recession.
" These things are hard to predict."
said Courtenay Slater, the Commerce
Department's chief economist who was
among those who had thought the third
quarter would show another decline.
The economy grew at a 1.1 percent
rate in the first quarter.
Miller, who had gone so far recently
as to say the nation not only was in a
recession, but the recession was half
over, said he does not expect the
growth to continue. " We expect the
economy to return to slow or negative
growth in the next few quarters." he
said.
The conventional definition of a re-cession
is two consecutive quarters of
decline in the GNP. which is the value
of the total output of goods and serv-ices
in the economy.
But the final judgment is up to the
National Bureau of Economic Re-search
in Cambridge, Mass., which
conceivably could conclude a recession
had occurred even with the third quar-ter
rebound.
The 2.4 percent increase in GNP, the
gain after discounting for inflation,
was surprisingly large. However. Ms.
Slater said the economy still shows
" many of the symptoms cf a reces-sion."
" On balance, there has been no real
growth in the economy for the last sis
months," Ms. Slater told reporters.
A major reason for the economic re-bound
in the July through September
period was that consumers stepped up
their purchases, increasing demand
for goods and services. Personal con-sumption
spending rose 4.3 percent at
an annual rate, compared with a sec-ond
quarter rate of decline of 2.9 per-cent
Ms. Slater said consumers increased
purchases of furniture, household
goods, clothing, food and services.
Tiiese family doctors
unlike those of past
By Diane Mclntyre
Missoarum staff writer
Kathy Smith has a long list of names
and numbers next to her home tele-phone.
Each name belongs to a doctor,
a specialist who checks one of her fam-ily
members.
The list is long because one doctor
treats only children, another special-izes
in a single organ and yet another
deals with a single disease. In this age
of specialization, Mrs. Smith no longer
has one . family doctor she can call for
all medical problems.
Kathy Smith, although a fictional
character, could live about anywhere
in the country, but Columbia and Ful-ton
residents have an alternative to the
bog list of specialists. Through the
Family Medical Care Center in Colum-bia
and the Callaway Family Medical
Care Clime in Fulton, the entire family
can once again go to one doctor to-day's
versica of the family doctor.
But unlike the general practitioner of
the past, this new breed of family doc-tor
is a specialist. And unlike other
specialists, he will diagnose and treat
approximately 85 per cent of all the
family's medical needs, according to
Dr. James Turner, a staff member of
the Columbia elinic.
The two local clinks are a training
. ground for this new type of doctor. The
Insight
staff of the clinics comes from the Uni-versity
Medical Center's family medi-cine
program. Doctors in the program
are either faculty members in the Uni-versity
School of Medicine, such as Dr.
Turner, or physicians doing three
years of residency training to become
family TTwHifinf qwia1igt;
This residency training comes after
a badjelor's degree and a four- ye- ar
medical degree.
Dr. Roger Hofmeister, medical di-rector
of the Fulton clinic, says the
keys to the program are adding patient
care resources to the community and,
at the same time, offering training to
young physicians.
The program has been successful so
far. The Columbia clinic was opened in
January 1971 on the fourth floor of the
northwest section of me University
Medical Center. It was staffed by a
handful of faculty members and three
residents. Most patients were empsoy- ee- s
of the medical center until wcrd- cf- mou- th
reached the rest of the commu-nity.
The demand grew so much that the
third floor c the same wing was added
( See CONIC, Page IS)
Ford declines
Barring " unforeseen circum-stances,"
Gerald Ford said Fri-day
he will not be a candidate for
the GOP presidential nomination
next vear. For details, see Page
16.
Friday's
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Jeff CiJyHeiias 7
Faitan............................ 6
In & W! i 3
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19 a. Tn. to 3 p. m. Room Moth-- 1
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library, second floor galksy. All 1
room mothers and fathers rate
must give parties for a wSkS I
classroom of kids mSL End IssJp 1
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union. Free. 1
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' 37 ATE HI:'. 7JRICAL SOCIETY 1933
UI7T A LOWRY lit. SERV
COLUMBIA, MO. 65201
72nd Year No. 32 Good Morning! It' Saturday. October 20. 1979 16 Pages 15 Cents
Panel wants halt in building of reactors
New York Times
WASHINGTON A presidential commission
has voted to recommend a halt in constructidh
of nuclear reactors until its recommendations
for improving nuclear safety have been
adopted.
Such a moratorium would not halt construc-tion
of the reactor at Union Electric Co.' s Calla-way
County site in mid- Missou- ri, since a con-struction
permit already has been issued for
that project
The vote by the President's Commission on
the Accident at Three Mile Island, taken during
a closed meeting earlier this week, is subject to
revision during the panel's final working ses- -
sion this weekend, commission officials told
The New York Times.
The commission has not yet voted on the far
more difficult question of whether there also
should be a moratorium on the granting of li-censes
to operate new reactors. At the present
time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
before it applications to build 14 new reactors in
comparison to pending requests to start 41 oth-ers
that are in various stages of construction.
The commission's authority is only advisory.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an inde-pendent
agency, could, in theory, invoke a mor-atorium,
but it is unlikely to do so on its own. In
reality, a moratorium would require a law.
But if the commission's decision on new con--
struction is not reversed, it could have a major
impact on the future energy plans of the United
States. It could encourage Congress to approve
pending legislation requiring a moratorium and
further discourage financiers from investing in
nuclear power plants.
The decision also would present a problem to
President Carter, who appointed the commis-sion
last spring to investigate what is regarded
as the most serious accident in the history of
the civilian use of nuclear power. Carter re-peatedly
has contended that nuclear power
must play a continuing role in meeting the en-ergy
needs of the United States.
According to several accounts, six of the
commission's 12 members voted for the con
struction moratorium, three voted against, two
abstained and one was absent. Significantly
perhaps, John G. Kemeny, the commission
chairman and president of Dartmouth College,
was said to have voted with the majority.
The officials, who asked that they not be iden-tified,
said that no specific time limit was at-tached
to the construction moratorium. In-stead,
it was agreed that construction permits
should not be granted until the president, Con-gress
and the industry had sufficient time to
implement a number of changes the commis-sion
has decided are necessary to assure ad-equate
safety.
One key organization change, which some of-ficials
said had been formally adopted and oth
ers said was tentatively approved during a se-ries
of straw votes, was the abolition of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its trans-formation
into an executive branch agency sim-ilar
to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Another potentially far- reachi- ng recommen-dation
that some officials indicated had been
approved by the commission would require the
periodic renewal of operating licenses for reac-tors.
This proposal, if adopted by Congress,
would serve further to discourage investments
in nuclear power because of the risk of lending
money to a project regularly subject to shut- -
See NUCLEAR, Page 16)
Missouri to produce
record crop harvest
By Carol Brost
Missourian staff writer
Missouri will achieve record com
and soybean yields this year although
many mid- Missouria- ns consider this to
have been a " dry" year with a sub-stantial
rainfall deficit.
Weather officials say central Missou-ri
has had nearly 25 percent less rain to
date during 1979 than is normal for the
area. The Columbia airport reports
rainfall is 25.62 inches ( 64.05 centi- menter- s)
to date this year, more than
seven inches ( 17.5 centimeters) below
normal.
Most of the dry periods occurred dur-ing
times when rainfall wasn't crucial
to crop development. During critical
times in the 1979 growing season, such
as after planting, during pollination
and when grain kernels are filled, most
Missouri fanners were fortunate
enough to get adequate rainfall.
The VS. Department of Agricu-lture's
Oct. 15 crop forecast predicted a
corn crop in Missouri of 223 million
bushels, 16 percent above last year's
record crop. Average yields were fore-cast
at 99 bushels per acre, up 12 bush-els
from last year.
Corn' production in the VS. is fore-cast
at a record 7.39 billion bushels, 4
percent more than the previous record
set last year. Yield is estimated at
108.4 bushels, 5.2 percent above last
year.
Soybean- - production in the state is
forecast at 184 million bushels, up 17
percent from last year. The state yield
is expected to average 31 bushels to the
acre, 2.5 bushels above last year.
VS. soybean production is forecast
at a record 2.21 billion bushels, 18 per-cent
above last year's record. Yield is
forecast at 31.5 bushels per acre, up 2
bushels from the 1978 yield.
Most of the rainfall deficit this year
occurred during two dry spells, said
David Horner, meteorologist in charge
( See DRY, Page 16)
BartiRics
Mike Poe leaves a trail of dwst behind him as he plants winter wheat on the Hugh Tincher farm north of Columbia
It definitely
pays to shop
for gasoline
By Rhonda Stearley,
Saadi Miller and Mark Davis
Misscurian staff writers
This summer's fuel shortage has
eased a bit for motorists, but Colum-bia's
gasoline prices have risen sub-stantially
since the month of June.
All of the city's gasoline stations
have continued to raise their prices
since June. However, there are differ-ences
in exactly how much the prices
have gone up, and the alert shopper
will find that comparison shopping can
save significant amounts ofmoney.
Since a June Columbia Missourian
survey of 50 local stations, the average
increase for self- servic- e regular has
been 11.4 cents and 1314 cents for full- servi- ce
regular.
For unleaded self- servic- e, prices
have increased an average of 11.7
cents and, for unleaded full- servic- e,
prices have increased an average of
13.2 cents.
According to the survey, fuel prices
for regular self- serv- e gasoline ranged
from 79.9 to 89.9 cents. Prices for regu-lar
full- servic- e gasoline ranged from
82.9 to 91.9 cents.
The cost of self- servic- e unleaded
ranged from 84.5 to 93.9 cents, and full- servi- ce
unleaded fuel prices ranged
from 85.9 to 95.9 cents.
In a follow- u- p survey of 29 of those
sanht stations this week, some prices
in all categories topped the dollar
mark. But, with some shopping, a mo-torist
can still get what'he wants for
less than a dollar a gallon.
In this week's survey, the highest
price for regular self- serv- e was $ 1.01 at
Interstate Conoco. The lowest price for
regular self- ser- ve was 91.9 cents at Co-lumbia
Zehpfayr, Derby Retail No.
8514, Self- Servic- e ( U- Pum- p), Serve
and Save Gasoline and Workingman's
Friend Oil Co.
Regular full- servic- e prices ranged
from 933 cents at Interstate Sinclair
No. 24S003, and Woriangman's Friend
to $ 1.02 at Eastgate 66.
Unleaded self- servi- ce prices ranged
from S3.9 cents at U- Pu- mp and Serve
sad Save Gasoline to 51.05 at Interstate
Conoco.
UnJssded full- servi- ce raided titan
3.9 casts at Interstate Sinclair and
Wcfkujgmaa's Friend to $ 1.09 at Bill
George SSService.
Although Derby has increased its
prices the least sface June two cents
for regular g" 3 three cents for un-leaded
its Jons prices were among
the highest. Its prices new are smsng
the lowest.
, Harold Lake Standard bad the higa-- 1
est increase since June for regular
I aslf- ficrvi- cc at 16 cents.
" Columbia Gasoline Prices
Here is a listing of gasoline prices at 29 Columbia- are- a serv-ice
stations. Prices are listed for regular, unleaded and premi-um
grades and by self- servic- e and full service. Blanks indicate
that a station does not offer a particular service.
Regular Unleaded Premium
STATION AND ADDRESS Self Full Self Full Self Full
Carl's 66 Station 94 101 99 107
31001- 7- 0 Drive S. E.
Champlin Service 94.9 98.9
Biscayne Mall
Clark Super 100 95 99
221 N. Tenth St.
Coleman's MFA Service 98.9 103 103
1206 Rogers St.
Columbia APCO Service 93.9 97.9 98.9 101.9
100 N. Providence Rd.
Columbia Zephyr Service 91.9 97.9
Paris Rd. and Vandiver Dr.
Craig's DX and Suncrest 98 104 104
Bike, 904l- 70Dr. S.- W.
Delta Service Station 96.9 99.9
2120 Paris Rd.
Derby Retail 9514 91.9 96.9
1300 Business Loop 70 E.
Eastgate 66 Service 102 107 109
1904 E. Broadway
Forum DX Station 99 103.4
1300 West Blvd. S.
Forum Shell Service 96 99 99.9 101 105 107
Forum Shopping Center
Bill George 66 Service 92.7 95.9 97.2 109
1205 N. Providence Rd.
Hathman's Mobil Service 95.9 99.9 104
2020W. WorleySt.
Interstate Conoco 101 101 105 106
U. S. Highway 63 South
I-- 70 Shell Service 96.9 99.9 99.9 103 106 108 I
1004 Stadium Blvd.
Interstate Sinclair 93.9 98.9
11061- 7- 0 Drive S. W.
Harold Lake Standard 98.9 99.9 102.2 104.2106.2 108.2
I 501 E. Broadway -
Lakeshore Sinclair 94.9 99.9
2100 W. Rollins Rd.
Lett's Standard Service 92.9 99.9 99.9 105.2105 109.2
1704 N. Providence Rd.
MFA Oil Service Station 93.9 95.9 98.9 100 100 100
317 E. Broadway
Ray's Standard Service S5.9 99.9 99.9 103.2105.2 109.2
923 Business Loop 70 E.
Roger's Texaco 94.9 98.9 101
Biscayne Mall
Self- Servi- ce Co. ( U- Pum- p) 91.9-- 95.9 38.9
1300 Wilkes Blvd.
Serve and Save Gasoline 91.9 95.9 36.9
9 1813 ftflonro St.
Tandy Shell 95.8 101 106
Tandy Ave. and Paris Rd.
Tiger Texaco 98.9 99.9 103.8 104.6 105.6 108.6
809 Business Loop 70 W. .
Workingman's Friend 91.9 93.9 9S. 9 93.9 104
1416 Range Line Ave.
X- CelOil-
Co. 94 99 102
2114 Paris Rd.
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t
Recession still possible
despite economic gains
WASHINGTON ( AP) A recession
feared to have begun in mid- summ- er
may not have occurred after all as gov-ernment
figures Friday showed a re-bound
in economic growth to a 2.4 per-cent
annual rate.
While the figures show the economy
does not yet fit the generally accepted
definition of a recession. Treasury Sec-retary
G. William Miller indicated he
expects a recession still may occur.
Consumer buying received a large
share of the credit for the economic
boost, although purchases came at the
expense of savings, which fell to a 28- ye- ar
low of 4.1 percent of income, the
lowest since 1951 when the savings rate
fell to 3.7 percent.
The rate of inflation as measured by
the gross national product stayed
about the same in the third quarter as
prices advanced at an annual rate of
9.6 percent, the Commerce Depart-ment
said.
The 2.4 percent rate of economic
growth as measured by the GNP
offset a second quarter rate of decline
of 2.3 percent. It crossed up many gov-ernment
and private forecasters who
had flatly declared the economy was in
a recession.
" These things are hard to predict."
said Courtenay Slater, the Commerce
Department's chief economist who was
among those who had thought the third
quarter would show another decline.
The economy grew at a 1.1 percent
rate in the first quarter.
Miller, who had gone so far recently
as to say the nation not only was in a
recession, but the recession was half
over, said he does not expect the
growth to continue. " We expect the
economy to return to slow or negative
growth in the next few quarters." he
said.
The conventional definition of a re-cession
is two consecutive quarters of
decline in the GNP. which is the value
of the total output of goods and serv-ices
in the economy.
But the final judgment is up to the
National Bureau of Economic Re-search
in Cambridge, Mass., which
conceivably could conclude a recession
had occurred even with the third quar-ter
rebound.
The 2.4 percent increase in GNP, the
gain after discounting for inflation,
was surprisingly large. However. Ms.
Slater said the economy still shows
" many of the symptoms cf a reces-sion."
" On balance, there has been no real
growth in the economy for the last sis
months," Ms. Slater told reporters.
A major reason for the economic re-bound
in the July through September
period was that consumers stepped up
their purchases, increasing demand
for goods and services. Personal con-sumption
spending rose 4.3 percent at
an annual rate, compared with a sec-ond
quarter rate of decline of 2.9 per-cent
Ms. Slater said consumers increased
purchases of furniture, household
goods, clothing, food and services.
Tiiese family doctors
unlike those of past
By Diane Mclntyre
Missoarum staff writer
Kathy Smith has a long list of names
and numbers next to her home tele-phone.
Each name belongs to a doctor,
a specialist who checks one of her fam-ily
members.
The list is long because one doctor
treats only children, another special-izes
in a single organ and yet another
deals with a single disease. In this age
of specialization, Mrs. Smith no longer
has one . family doctor she can call for
all medical problems.
Kathy Smith, although a fictional
character, could live about anywhere
in the country, but Columbia and Ful-ton
residents have an alternative to the
bog list of specialists. Through the
Family Medical Care Center in Colum-bia
and the Callaway Family Medical
Care Clime in Fulton, the entire family
can once again go to one doctor to-day's
versica of the family doctor.
But unlike the general practitioner of
the past, this new breed of family doc-tor
is a specialist. And unlike other
specialists, he will diagnose and treat
approximately 85 per cent of all the
family's medical needs, according to
Dr. James Turner, a staff member of
the Columbia elinic.
The two local clinks are a training
. ground for this new type of doctor. The
Insight
staff of the clinics comes from the Uni-versity
Medical Center's family medi-cine
program. Doctors in the program
are either faculty members in the Uni-versity
School of Medicine, such as Dr.
Turner, or physicians doing three
years of residency training to become
family TTwHifinf qwia1igt;
This residency training comes after
a badjelor's degree and a four- ye- ar
medical degree.
Dr. Roger Hofmeister, medical di-rector
of the Fulton clinic, says the
keys to the program are adding patient
care resources to the community and,
at the same time, offering training to
young physicians.
The program has been successful so
far. The Columbia clinic was opened in
January 1971 on the fourth floor of the
northwest section of me University
Medical Center. It was staffed by a
handful of faculty members and three
residents. Most patients were empsoy- ee- s
of the medical center until wcrd- cf- mou- th
reached the rest of the commu-nity.
The demand grew so much that the
third floor c the same wing was added
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Ford declines
Barring " unforeseen circum-stances,"
Gerald Ford said Fri-day
he will not be a candidate for
the GOP presidential nomination
next vear. For details, see Page
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